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PRC Magazine #115 is Out Now! To read the online version: https://bit.ly/3BsKCrd Perched on the hillside of Wan Chai, No. 1 Stubbs Road has seen the city change around it for more than half a century. This ambitious project, proudly residing in this issue’s front cover, focuses on the needs of the contemporary workforce. Michael Griffiths, Director at Arquitectonica in Hong Kong, highlights how their design principles aligned with the client’s vision for a space that prioritised employee well-being, connectivity, and adaptability. Also in this issue, ZHA in Prague, BOARD and STAR in Rotterdam and Schotten and Hansen in the Swiss countryside. Cover Photo: AIA Group's Headquarter Building Photographer: Tam Wai Man #PRCMagazine #projectfeature #architecture #engineering #construction #aec #aecindustry #design #sustainability #environment #landscaping #innovation #technology #BIM #contractor #developer #facade #glass #urbanplanning #building #office #realesate #retails #hongkong #greaterbayarea #rofmedia Schotten & Hansen GmbH Ina Rinderknecht Gensler 10 Design Vector Foiltec Dyson ATELIER BRÜCKNER BEE Incorporations Zaha Hadid Architects AIA Build4Asia Lead8 World Architecture Festival AIRSIDE Construction Industry Council STAR strategies + architecture JEB Group Eco Expo Asia BEAM Society Limited (BSL) 建築環保評估協會有限公司 Far East Facade (Hong Kong) Limited BOARD (Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design)

World Building of The Year revealed at World Architecture Festival 2024! The Darlington Public School in Australia by fjcstudio has been declared the World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2024. fjcstudio previously won Building of the Year in 2013, making it the first practice in WAF’s history to win the award twice. The community school is located on the outskirts of Sydney, and has a strong connection to Aboriginal people embodied in its redesign. The transformed school now seamlessly connects to its surroundings, offering glimpses of the inner courtyard from the main entrance, promoting a sense of privacy and community for the children, as well as providing facilities that are publicly accessible including the community hall, covered outdoor learning area and library. The redesign embraces the rich indigenous culture through the artistic heritage of the school, conserving and displaying aboriginal artworks around the school to preserve stories of the country for future generations. A community garden with indigenous plants has also been created to teach students indigenous cooking and culture. Photo Credit: © Brett Boardman More awarded projects in World Architecture Festival 2024, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gB_WHpBF World Architecture Festival #architecture #building #design #waf24

The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) hosted its much-anticipated 2024 Annual Dinner cum Annual Awards Presentation 2024 on 6th Nov 2024 at the Convention Hall of the HKCEC. This year’s event was themed “Stellar Moments of Architecture”, gathering luminaries from Hong Kong’s architectural community to celebrate the achievements, excellence, and innovation in local architecture. With a 59-year legacy, the HKIA Annual Awards is Hong Kong’s most prestigious architectural accolade, recognizing projects that embody innovation, sustainability, and social impact. This year, a total of 54 awards were presented to 45 outstanding projects, showcasing the diversity and creativity of Hong Kong’s architectural field. The evening also included the presentation of two special awards, paying tribute to individual accomplishments within the architectural field: “HKIA Gold Medal 2024” is awarded to Ar. Rocco YIM Sen Kee, BBS, JP, in recognition of his substantial contributions to both Hong Kong’s architecture and the international architectural community. “Young Architect Award 2023”, dedicated to recognizing architects aged 35 or below for their talent and commitment to the profession, was presented to Ar. LAM Ho Wang Owen. Full version of the press release, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gj6_28ge Rocco Design Architects Associates #Architects #Design #Awards #hkia

【Digital Technology as an Enabler to City Planning】   ROF Media wishes to express our gratitude for Prof. Jason Pomeroy insightful article which appeared in The Lighthouse, the member’s magazine of Lighthouse Club International , Q3 edition.   Prof. Pomeroy’s expertise and perspective on the intersection of digital technology and urban planning are not only enlightening but also pivotal in shaping future city developments. The practical applications and innovative ideas you presented will undoubtedly inspire many in the field. “As an architect, academic and TV presenter focused on the subject of smart and sustainable cities, I have always been fascinated in the way cities have evolved, how they are represented, and understood,” he says.   “I am an advocate for a new DT paradigm that is designed to go beyond the mirroring of the ‘physical world’ in the digital realm, but one that is able to learn of the practices found within the ‘social world’ in order for meaningful adaptations to be made to the built environment that can enhance people’s lives. Ultimately, the new DT paradigm endeavours to go beyond spatial metrics, to also integrate social, environmental, technological, cultural, and economic data-sets to transform the natural and built environment into one that is smarter, future-proofed, and more inclusive.” – Prof. Jason Pomeroy   To view the article online, in full please visit: https://lnkd.in/ghEWBNbc #architect #sustainability #singapore #jasonpomeroy

The 19th edition of Eco Expo Asia was successfully held from 30 October to 2 November 2024 at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd, and co-organised by the Environment and Ecology Bureau of the HKSAR, this year’s event attracted over 8,500 buyers from 94 countries and regions, and over 300 exhibitors from 11 countries and regions, showcasing a wide variety of cutting-edge environmental products and technologies. ROF Media / PRC Magazine (PRC 建設雜誌) is proud to be the media partner. To view the full press release, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gAats7WD View the video: https://lnkd.in/gqd5brtK

World Architecture Festival 2024 – Day One Winners of International Architectural Awards Announced!!! The first award winners of the 2024 World Architecture Festival have been announced, following Day One (6 Nov) of live presentations at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, in which the first half of 470 shortlisted projects were presented by practices from around the world. Amongst today’s category award winners of the world’s largest international live-judged architectural event are Grimshaw Architects, fjcstudio, Renzo Piano Building Workshop and EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture. Five of the 20 category winners announced today are projects located in Australia, while four winning projects are in Canada, three located in Turkey and two in the host country of Singapore. 🌟 Category Award Winners: COMPLETED BUILDINGS 🌟 🏆 Civic and Community: National Star Observatory in Cyprus by Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects Nokha Village Community Centre in India by Sanjay Puri Architects was highly commended. 🏆 Creative Re-use: Pumphouse in Canada by 5468796 Architecture Bait Mohammed Bin Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates by X Architects and Kaarestan Event Space in Iran by Persian Garden Studio were both highly commended. 🏆 Culture: Istanbul Modern (Istanbul Museum of Modern Art) in Turkey by Renzo Piano Building Workshop Seddülbahir Fortress in Turkey by KOOP Architects, AOMTD (Arzu Ozsavasci Architecture) was highly commended. 🏆 House & Villa (Urban) supported by GROHE: Arthur Residence in Canada by 5468796 Architecture 🏆 House & Villa (Rural/Coastal) supported by GROHE: Touching Eden House in Singapore by Wallflower Architecture + Design Village House in Brazil by Studio MK27 and OH HO Residence in India by Play Architecture were both highly commended. 🏆 Housing supported by GROHE: Nightingale Village in Australia by Architecture architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball, Kennedy Nolan London Square, Bermondsey in the United Kingdom by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris was highly commended. 🏆 Office: Forskaren in Sweden by 3XN The Black and White Building located in the United Kingdom by Waugh Thistleton Architects was highly commended. 🏆 Production, Energy and Logistics: Kalyon Karapınar 1.350 MWp SPP – Central Control Building in Turkey by Bilgin Architects 🏆 School: Darlington Public School in Australia by fjcstudio St Patrick’s College: Scientia Building in Australia by BVN was highly commended. 🏆 Sport: Parramatta Aquatic Centre in Australia by Grimshaw and ABA with McGregor Coxall Češča Vas Pool Complex in Slovenia by ENOTA was highly commended. Judges of Day one’s Completed Buildings categories celebrated: “seamless integration of landscape and architecture” as well as “innovative inclusive and sustainable design practices” and “playful use of light and shadows”. For more building industry news, subscribe to our E-newsletter #BuildingMovement at https://lnkd.in/ghRNapQA

Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) held a fashion show yesterday (5 November 2024), showing Chanel Cruise 2024/25 Collection. Guests included G-Dragon, the King of K-pop, internationally renowned actress Penelope Cruz, and Hong Kong stars Chow Yun-fat, Carina Lau, Stephen Fung, Hins Cheung and more.   HKDI is located in the former industrial area of Tseung Kwan O and was designed by French architecture firm Coldefy & Associés Architectes Urbanistes (CAAU). The design concept of this iconic building comes from "a white paper floating in the air". The entire composition, created by interpenetration between the interlinked elements, including the building base, the podium, the “sky city”, the towers and the landscaped roof, defines the Institute as a timeless building and reveals its objectives of promoting synergy, publicity and interactivity.   In 2014, the building won the Quality Excellence Award, the highest honor of the Quality Building Awards in Hong Kong, also winning multiple international architectural awards. Its extra-long escalator and vertical and horizontal interweaving structure has a surreal sense of the future, and at the same time, it has the design connotation of inheriting the past and linking to the future.   “We have selected an interesting area with very interesting architecture and a very ‘Hong Kong’ vibe, and on top of that, it’s one of the biggest institutions for students in Hong Kong, so it’s a great opportunity for us to collaborate.” says Bruno Pavlovsky, President of fashion at Chanel. Photo credit: QBA, Instagram/carinalau1208 CHANEL Coldefy Quality Building Award - QBAHK #Archiecture #fashion #design #Hongkong #institution Read PRC Magazine #73 for more information about the QBA 2014: https://lnkd.in/gbxbrqmj

JLL announced the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI) platform, JLL Falcon, designed to accelerate the digital transformation of the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. The new platform is a cutting-edge set of AI-enabled software services that combines JLL’s vast and comprehensive proprietary data with generative AI models to deliver timely, revenue-generating and cost-saving insights, as well as maximise returns. This revolutionary platform for the CRE industry will chart the future course for JLL’s AI journey. “JLL Falcon will serve as the foundation for the continued innovation of products and services that help shape the CRE industry,” said Mihir Shah, CEO, JLL Technologies. “The platform combines JLL’s extensive expertise with some of the most advanced technology available today, transforming how we work and paving the way to deliver enhanced outcomes for the benefit of our people and our clients.” Featuring multi-modal AI foundation models, data pipelines, security and privacy features, natural language and semantic processing layers and advanced analytics capabilities, JLL Falcon will power a wide range of CRE applications, including custom assistants. Additionally, the platform’s open architecture seamlessly blends best-in-class internal and external technologies to streamline JLL’s approach to researching opportunities, extracting and analysing complex data and delivering trustworthy, actionable insights. JLL Falcon will also power the next iteration of JLL GPT™, the first generative AI assistant purpose-built for the CRE industry, which, since being introduced in August 2023, has provided JLL’s entire workforce with the capability to create specialized insights based on curated datasets to deliver better client outcomes. Full version, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gmrJDXYU #ai #realestate

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【Hongkong Land announces new strategy】 In a circular issued to shareholders on 29 Oct 2024, Hongkong Land announced actions to focus on the development of ultra-premium integrated commercial properties in Asia’s gateway cities to drive sustainable, long-term growth. The new strategy will see the Group no longer invest in the build-to-sell segment across Asia, which consists of residential and medium-term lease assets. Instead, the Group will actively recycle capital out from this segment into new integrated commercial property opportunities as it completes all existing projects. The new strategy aims to reinforce Hongkong Land’s core capabilities, generate growth in long-term recurring income and deliver superior returns to shareholders. It follows the appointment of Michael Smith as Chief Executive of the Group on 1 April 2024 and is the result of a thorough review conducted over the past six months. Full version, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gyun3eiG #realestate #hongkong